This collection consists of 280 newspaper and periodical titles (1672-1737) and approximately 300 monographs (1672-1682), complementing the Burney Collection.
This 19th century John Murray Publishing archive includes correspondence, financial papers, book drafts, and advertisements. It covers biographies of key figures, commissioned essays, and an exhibition of the life cycle of the book. Key authors include: Lord Byron, Charles Darwin, David Livingstone, Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Eastlake and Isabella Bird, William Gladstone, Robert Peel and Benjamin Disraeli, Austen Henry Layard and Charles Lyell. By Adam Matthew Digital.
A+ Education is an indexing and full text database that provides Internet access to the scanned images of journal articles from published material on all aspects of education. (Document supply available)
Collectively, the Electoral rolls for the years 1916, 1917, 1928, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1955, 1959 and 1967 constitute a unique window on the first 50 years of the Federal Capital Territory (now the A.C.T).
This American online database indexes more than a thousand international journals which focus on business and management. Subjects covered include accounting, marketing, human resources, finance and taxation. Over 70% of the articles indexed are available in full text, text and graphics or page images. Hypertext links at the end of citations allow further searching under related subject headings as well as publisher information. A backfile is available for a number of articles published before 1985. Document supply available.
The Family Records Unit at Aboriginal Affairs was set up to help people from New South Wales to access government records about themselves and their family.
They also give researchers permission to access the Aborigines Protection Board and Aborigines Welfare Board records.
These records include details of children removed as well as detailed information on all aspects of life on stations and reserves, such as financial statements, salary and employment details, tenancy agreements and applications to leave the reserve.
Australian Museum website looking at indigenous peoples long association with the Habour and looks at the wildlife and natural environment including placenames, clans, language and foods.
Digitised collection of protection reports from bodies such as the Aborigines Welfare Board, and legislation that covered the 'protection' of Aboriginal peoples in all states.
This site provides information on how to gain access to records created by the Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1883-1940) and the Aborigines Welfare Board (1940-1969).
It also lists material created by other NSW government agencies that contain significant mention of Aboriginal people (eg. the Aboriginal Lands Trust, Department of Community Services and NSW Police).
A study resource for Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and other poems, including plot summaries, essays, character analyses, quotes, biography, and information about the Globe Theatre.
Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes current newspapers and full-text periodicals of major bibliographic resources including CINAHL, BIOSIS, MLA, PsycINFO, ERIC, EconLit, RILM and modern primary sources such as podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN.
ACCOUNT, formerly called Australian Accounting & Taxation Database (AATD), is prepared by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia’s Knowledge Centre. It contains abstracts of published material sourced from leading journals and magazines, in addition to the Institute’s own publications and conference papers, plus the Taxation Institute of Australia conference papers.
Subject coverage includes accounting, auditing, taxation, insolvency, corporations law, superannuation, retirement planning, financial planning, practice management and human resources.
This database brings together global scholarly journals with other key resources for access to reliable information in this continuously evolving area of study.
Quickly locate precise results from sources ranging from current news to professional and academic journal articles covering the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, banking, and financial issues of the day.
Access Canberra maintains an Historic marriage index that provides limited information relating to marriages that were registered in the ACT more than 75 years ago. The ACT marriage Index is arranged by date of marriage and includes surname, given names, date of marriage and registration number.
Access Canberra maintains an historicdeathindex that provides limited information relating to deaths that were registered in the ACT more than 30 years ago.
It's arranged by date of death and includes surname, given names, date of death, registration number and sometimes the names of the parents.
The legislation register is an authorised electronic statute book that provides the community with free and quick access to ACT legislation and related information.
The legislation register is central to the making, notification, commencement, operation, interpretation, proof, republication, amendment and repeal of legislation and instruments made under legislation.
The AddressingHistory is a website and API which combines data from digitised historical Scottish Post Office Directories (PODs) with contemporaneous historical maps.
In the first instance AddressingHistory focuses on three eras of Edinburgh mapping and Post Office Directories (1784-5; 1865; 1905-6) however the technologies are scalable to the full collection of digitised materials which includes 400 PODs and associated maps covering the whole of Scotland.
Bibliographic databases covering African periodical literature including women's literature and travel, education, water and Islam in Africa.
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This collection focuses on maritime exploration starting through the age of discovery and search for the new world. Key figures include: Vasca da Gama, Columbus, Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Captains' Log of HMS Bounty, HMS Assistant, HMS Discovery, HMS Resolution. Journal of the ship Chesterfield and more.
Attorney General Information Service (AGIS) comprehensively indexes and abstracts articles from over 120 Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals. Some articles are full text. Document supply available. Useful for HSC Legal Studies.
This site provides links to agricultural sites relating to Australia and New South Wales. It also contains a searchable index to other material published by NSW Agriculture.
AGRIS is an international information system to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agricultural sciences and technology. AGRIS is a cooperative system in which participating countries input references to the literature produced within their boundaries and, in return, draw on the information provided by the other participants. To date, 240 national, international and intergovernmental centres participate.
Provides information on health issues affecting LGBTQ people, community support services and advocacy, research and policy for the LGBTQ communities in NSW.
The AIF project lists Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918 and is hosted by the University of Canberra. You can search the database by Name, Regimental number and address.
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A comprehensive analysis of speeches and speech making. Includes full text transcripts and multimedia of famous speeches, speakers and film dialogues.
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APO is an open access evidence platform – making public policy research and resources accessible and useable. This First Peoples Collection includes resources about and for Indigenous Australians.
Free access to contemporary research reports, articles and statistics on issues of public policy, including ageing, child protection, families, climate change, digital inclusion, religion, migration and many more issues from Australia and New Zealand. You can search within each topic collection. (Formerly Australian Policy Online)
The official website of the Ulster Historical Foundation. The site includes free and subscription databases, research services, publications, events and a consultation service.
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An educational website developed by the Office of the Board of Studies for the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs. This site charts the course of Australia’s wartime history.
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A bibliographic archive of Australian and New Zealand Books in Print, covering the years 1958 to December 2003. Also includes a database of publishers for the same time period. Document supply available.
This database contains 4.5 million articles from more than 2,000 periodicals on innovators, personal and corporate names, development of a particular technology, etc. Document supply available.
Access a list of valuers approved to participate in the Commonwealth's Cultural Gifts Program. The Program encourages gifts of significant cultural items to public institutions by offering donors a tax deduction.
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The Australian Architecture Database (ARCH), produced by Stanton Library, North Sydney Council, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from material held by the Stanton Library, North Sydney Council.
Source documents include journal articles, exhibition reviews, obituaries, editorials, conference proceedings, news items, project articles and award features.
The Archives Hub brings together descriptions of thousands of the UK’s archive collections. Representing over 330 institutions across the country, the Archives Hub is an effective way to discover unique and often little-known sources to support your research. New descriptions are added every week, often representing collections being made available for the first time.
Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga is the official guardian of New Zealands public archives. We gather, store and protect an extremely wide range of material. Our holdings include the originals of the Treaty of Waitangi, government documents, maps, paintings, photographs and film.
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A substantial collection of LGBTQI+ publications including periodicals, personal papers, manuscripts, photographs and more drawn from countries across the world, including significant content from the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (AGLA), now known as the Australian Queer Archives (AQuA).
This collection of primary source material includes U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history. Broad topic clusters include: African American studies; American Indian studies; Asian studies; British history; Holocaust studies; LGBTQIA+ studies; Latin American and Caribbean studies; Middle East studies; political science; religious studies; and women’s studies.
This archive comprises two subject specific collections, Architecture & Design and Art & Photography. Spanning 1854-2005, this primary source collection focuses on art, art history, architecture, and restoration. It covers a range of sub-disciplines, from fine and applied arts through to interior and industrial design, and landscape gardening.
Art Retrospective Index 1929-1984 is an important online resource for research in the fields of fine arts, architecture, the decorative arts and related disciplines and complements and extends on Art Full Text (1984 onwards).
"Built upon a proud 22-year heritage, ArtsHub is Australia's leading independent online resource dedicated to the world of the arts."
Features current arts news, articles, commentary and reviews for visual arts, performing arts, literature, music and live entertainment. Includes career advice, job listings in the arts and culture industry, grant advertising and opportunities, and links to education courses Australia-wide.
Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange contains a range of primary source collections related to international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century.
Documents include government reports, diplomatic correspondence, periodicals, newspapers, treaties, trade agreements, NGO papers, missionary files and papers, personal letters and diaries, nautical charts, maps, shipping ledgers, company records, and expedition and survey reports and more.
This database is a resource for the study of:
The history of British and U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy
The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gateway is a window to data and analysis at regional, subregional and country levels on SDG statistics for Asia and the Pacific.
Statistical year book for Asia and the Pacific is compiled by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to provide statistics on basic features and trends in the region.
